2006 Archives
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Faith, family & finances can test pastors’ integrity
Posted: 3/03/06
Faith, family & finances can test pastors’ integrity
WACO—Faith, family and finances are three points where many ministers find their integrity tested, a veteran pastor and denominational leader told a ministerial ethics conference.
Authentic spirituality, stability at home and a nonmaterialistic lifestyle demonstrate wholeness—“a person who has it all together,” said James Carter, former director of church-minister relations for the Louisiana Baptist Convention.
“An effective, ethical minister is a person of integrity,” said Carter, who served 30 years as a pastor. He spoke during a conference at Baylor University’s Truett Seminary, sponsored by the Christian Ethics Today Foundation.
“The minister’s faith must be a growing faith,” Carter said.
03/02/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Around the State
Posted: 3/03/06
Rachel Farley of Carrollton, Rachel Penny of Highlands, K’Lynn Childress of Longview and Katherine Bauer of Fresno were chorus members in the musical “She Loves Me,” performed by the Hilltop Players of East Texas Baptist University last month. Around the State
• Ken Blanchard, co-author of The One-Minute Manager and Lead Like Jesus, will be the featured speaker for the Heavin Lecture in Christian Principles and Business Leadership to be held at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor March 20 at 11 a.m. Blanchard will speak on principles found in The Simple Truths of Leadership, his latest book. The event is free and open to the public.
• Houston Baptist University will hold its spring preview weekend for prospective students March 24-25. Students and parents will receive information on admissions, financial aid, housing and scholarships. Students also have the opportunity to sit in on a mock lecture in the area of their choice. There is no cost, but reservations need to be made by calling (281) 649-3211.
Dallas Baptist University recently was host to Joseph Kim, pastor of Wonchon Baptist Church in Suwon, South Korea, along with the Kidz Chorale from Central Christian Academy in Suwon. During a chapel service, the children sang praise and worship songs, performed a pantomine skit, exhibited tae kwon do abilities, and demonstrated a traditional fan dance. • The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor will hold Health Quest 2006 March 24 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. in the Mayborn Campus Center. The health fair is free and open to the public. More than 50 exhibitors from a variety of health and wellness businesses will participate. Health screenings for blood pressure, cholesterol, glucose, visual acuity, lung function and body fat will be available. As a part of the event, a five kilometer family run will be held at 8 a.m. March 25. Late registration for the run will be held from 6:30 a.m. until 7:45 a.m. prior to the race. Register for the race at www.runtex.com. Saturday events will feature free immunizations, a bounce house, healthy snacks, games, prizes and nutrition booths. Member of the Centex Barracudas indoor football team also will be present.
03/02/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Audio Adrenaline sees music as avenue to challenge youth
Posted: 3/03/06
Members of Audio Adrenaline see their music as a platform to challenge students in their Christian walk. (Photo courtesy of Hoganson media) Audio Adrenaline sees music
as avenue to challenge youthBy Leann Callaway
Special to the Baptist Standard
Audio Adrenaline has been a prominent force in Christian rock music nearly 15 years, selling more than 3 million records and racking up 18 No. 1 singles.
Lead vocalist Mark Stuart, bass guitarist Will McGinniss, guitarist/vocalist Tyler Burkum and drummer Ben Cissell formed the band on the campus of Kentucky Christian College, and in spite of their success, they remained focused on using their music as a platform to challenge students to make a global impact for Christ.
03/02/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Mother-daughter duo string together a ministry
Posted: 3/03/06
Mother-daughter duo string together a ministry
By George Henson
Staff Writer
MARLIN—After more than 80 years, many people are ready to retire from ministry, but LaVonne Moore began hers just four months ago. It involves putting bracelets on wrists, smiles on faces and—most importantly to her—Jesus in hearts.
Moore shares a room at the Golden Years Rest Home in Marlin with her daughter, Vicki, and it is there that they have developed their own private assembly line for turning out tools for missionaries far and wide to share the gospel.
From their nursing home room, LaVonne Moore (right) and her daughter, Vicki, make beaded bracelets used by Christian witnesses. 03/02/2006 - By John Rutledge
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BAPTIST BRIEFS: Rankin discusses private prayer language
Posted: 3/03/06
BAPTIST BRIEFS
Birmingham church named national landmark. 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., the site of a 1963 bombing that killed four girls, has become a national historic landmark. The bombing brought national attention and outrage, speeding passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Three former Klansmen were convicted in the bombing. U.S. Secretary of Interior Gale Norton signed a proclamation that gives the church building the nation’s highest historic distinction. National status protects the church from being destroyed for any federal project and could make it easier to raise money to maintain and restore the building. A church foundation has raised just under $3.3 million in a $3.8 million restoration campaign.
Yemeni executed for killings of Baptist medical workers. The Yemeni gunman who killed three Southern Baptist medical workers in 2002 was executed by firing squad Feb. 27, according to wire reports. Abed Abdul Razak Kamel was shot in the central prison of the southern Ibb province as judicial officials observed, Yemen’s Saba state news agency reported. Kamel was convicted for the Dec. 30, 2002, shooting deaths of Jibla Baptist Hospital director William Koehn, physician Martha Myers and purchasing agent Kathleen Gariety. A pharmacist was seriously wounded but later recovered. Kamel admitted in court to coordinating the attack with Islamic militant activist Ali al-Jarallah. Al-Jarallah was executed Nov. 27 for plotting the medical workers’ deaths and for assassinating a prominent national politician. The Jibla Baptist Hospital provided care for thousands of people in the impoverished Middle Eastern nation for more than 30 years after it was started in the Ibb province by Southern Baptist workers. It was reopened in 2003 by the Yemeni government’s health ministry.
LifeWay names VP. Trustees of LifeWay Christian Resources named Tom Hellams vice president and executive associate to newly installed President Thom Rainer. Hellams will be chief coordinating staff member of the executive management team. Since 1997, he was executive assistant to President Al Mohler at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky.
Mission Center names building for McWhorter. A new building for Houston’s Gano Mission Center has been named for home missionary Mildred McWhorter, who retired in 1992 after 30 years as director of the Houston Baptist Centers. The Mildred McWhorter Missionary Building will provide dorm rooms for short-term volunteers, three private apartments for long-term volunteers, two conference rooms, dining and kitchen facilities, offices and a prayer room. The 7,400-square-foot facility is scheduled for completion in May. The Gano Mission Center, just north of downtown Houston, is one of three Baptist mission centers in the city.
03/02/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Down Home: Grace & patience, or a big ol’ crash
Posted: 3/03/06
Down Home:
Grace & patience, or a big ol’ crashRoad construction ought to be labeled Texas’ State Business. You know, like the mockingbird is the State Bird and the monarch butterfly is the State Insect.
Almost anywhere you go across the Lone Star State, particularly in the cities and suburbs and along the interstate highways, you confront road construction. We’re growing so fast, and our roads are so run-down, we can’t build them or repair them fast enough. (Note to parents: If you want your children to be employed all their lives, set them up as paving contractors.)
All this road building has prompted a singular desire: Just one day before I retire, I will drive all the way to and from work without taking a construction detour or passing a construction cone. When I describe this dream, my spiritually sensitive friends stammer in wonder: “You really do believe in miracles, don’t you?” Most lack such faith. “It’ll never happen,” they predict.
03/02/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Fairview church discovers: ‘A little child shall lead them’
Posted: 3/03/06
Pastor Paul Wrightsman says an influx of children has brought an additional energy to Fairview Community Church, which was recovering from the effects of changing demographics in the surrounding community. The church, primarily made up of senior adults, now boasts many children, especially on Wednesdays. Fairview church discovers:
‘A little child shall lead them’By George Henson
Staff Writer
COPPERAS COVE—The aptly named Fairview Community Church sits well off the main drag in Copperas Cove, next to an elementary school and in the midst of houses.
It’s what Pastor Paul Wrightsman calls a neighborhood church—a church built primarily to reach people in its immediate vicinity.
03/02/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Technology enables hearing-impared to experience worship
Posted: 3/03/06
Michelle Varner watches as Susan Jones translates for Esther Kelly, while John Palmer and Eddie Jones also participate. Technology enables hearing-impared to experience worship
By George Henson
Staff Writer
RICHARDSON—A Texas Baptist church is using technology to make worship more accessible to hearing- impaired members and guests.
Through the use of Computer Access Real-Time—CART—translation, hearing-impaired worshippers at The Heights Baptist Church in Richardson can read the words of songs and sermons from a computer screen.
03/02/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Executive Board approves Texas/Missouri partnership
Posted: 3/03/06
Baptist General Convention of Missouri Executive Director Jim Hill shakes hands with BGCT Executive Director Charles Wade. Executive Board approves
Texas/Missouri partnershipBy Ken Camp
Managing Editor
DALLAS—At its inaugural meeting, the reconstituted Baptist General Convention of Texas Executive Board ap-proved a three-year partnership linking Texas Baptists with the Baptist General Con-vention of Missouri.
The board ratified a strategic partnership agreement with the Baptist General Con-vention of Missouri, a fellowship of 125 churches formed when fundamentalists gained control of the Missouri Baptist Convention.
03/02/2006 - By John Rutledge
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